The Dawns Here Are Quiet

The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)

...А зори здесь тихие

In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. While his men are transferred to the front line, he is reprimanded for their unruly behavior. He retorts that he wants replacements that aren't drunks or womanizers. In response, he is assigned a unit made up entirely of young women, fresh from training.

Date of release
1972-11-04
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (160)
Runtime
3h 8m
Genres
Drama, History, War
Director
Stanislav Rostotsky

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Dawns Here Are Quiet
  • Filmed in: Karelia
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 2. Including: USSR State Prize

The Dawns Here Are Quiet is a 1972 Soviet war drama directed by Stanislav Rostotsky based on Boris Vasilyev's novel of the same name, The Dawns Here Are Quiet. The film deals with antiwar themes and focuses on a garrison of Russian female soldiers in World War II. It was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The film is set in Karelia and was filmed near Ruskeala.

Production

Director Stanislav Rostotskiy promised himself to make a movie about women in the war after a tank ran over him on the battlefield, and an unknown soldier and a nurse Anna Chugunova saved his life. The novel ...And The Dawns Here Are Quiet by Boris Vasiliev, published in 1969 in the magazine Yunost, caused a great resonance among readers, becoming one of the most popular books about the Great Patriotic War.

Only Olga Ostroumova was quite famous, starring in the film We'll Live Till Monday. For the rest of the actors, the movie became a real debut on the big screen. According to the actors, "such roles fall out once in a lifetime." 26-year-old Andrey Martynov convincingly played the role of foreman Fedot Vaskov (who, according to the text of the book, was 32 years old) and looked much more mature on the screen than his age.

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